New Mexico鈥檚 30-day legislative session is nearly at the half-way point. It鈥檚 a budget session where lawmakers focus on funding state government. Javier Benavidez of the Southwest Organizing Project says they鈥檇 like to see lawmakers take a laser focus to issues of poverty, injustice and inequality this year.
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You can read Benavidez's full length op-ed published by New Mexico In Depth .
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